The Ronnie D. Real Estate Team

Yesterday was Mother’s Day. There were hundreds of thousands of flowers bought yesterday and, if your Mother’s Day was anything like mine, most of those were planted in the yard or in clay pots on the back porch. It was somewhere near 90 degrees with a ridiculous humidity… it was good back porch weather compared to the mostly frigid winter we had. This got me thinking how nice it would be to have a better back yard entertaining area. The ones with an inviting fire pit for fall nights or a big shade umbrella for hot summer days.

A great backyard with high entertaining potential has three things:
1) Copious amounts of seating. No one wants to come to your house and eat standing up.
2) A nice view- whether it’s great DIY projects that you have done or a view of the mountains, people want something pretty to look at. It’s relaxing to your brain.
3) Space to move around. This means all of the aforementioned seating shouldn’t be wedged into corners or awkward places- your guests should be able to move around easily and still continue the conversation.

Having this type of backyard will not only make you happy when you have guests, it will make you happy when you sell your home. Potential buyers will try and pictures themselves working in your kitchen, hanging their clothes in your closet, living in your home- why not help them with that vision and have a great entertaining area ready for them?
Check out the pictures below for inspiration or simply surf the web for a variety of ideas!! HGTV.com and other sites like that usually have an entire page dedicated to outdoor living! If you're not into DIY and don't mind spending more money, call a few local home improvement stores or contractors to get quotes for the work. Good Luck!